A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . end of the eighteenth century. 424 CHAPTER LXI THE PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE; FIRST PART OF THEREIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK, 1697);THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS; THE ENGLISHREVOLUTION OF 1688 Louis XIV.; Mazarin.—The great minister Riche-lieu died in 1642, and afew months later he wasfollowed by Louis XIV. (1643-1715)was then only five yearsold, and Mazarin, the heirof Richelieus power, stoodat the helm, until his deathin 1661. The rebellion ofthe Fronde was an attemptof the nobles to throw offthe
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . end of the eighteenth century. 424 CHAPTER LXI THE PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE; FIRST PART OF THEREIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK, 1697);THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS; THE ENGLISHREVOLUTION OF 1688 Louis XIV.; Mazarin.—The great minister Riche-lieu died in 1642, and afew months later he wasfollowed by Louis XIV. (1643-1715)was then only five yearsold, and Mazarin, the heirof Richelieus power, stoodat the helm, until his deathin 1661. The rebellion ofthe Fronde was an attemptof the nobles to throw offthe yoke laid on them byRichelieu, but it was sup-pressed, and after that re-sistance to the absolutemonarch ceased. Louiss ^ „,„ Louis XIV. theory of government was expressed in the assertion I am the State. For such a des-potism the work of Richelieu had paved the way. The Kingunited with his appetite for power a relish for pomp and splen-dor. Versailles, the seat of his court, was made as splendidas architectural skill and lavish expenditure could make it. 425. 426 PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE Colbert^ his minister of finances, provided money for thecostly wars, the luxurious palaces, the gorgeous festivities ofhis master, and for such internal improvements as manufac-turing establishments and canals. In the army such able gen-erals as Turenne, Conde, and Luxemburg were in command;while Vauban in the erection of impregnable fortificationsshowed himself the most skillful engineer of the age. Attack on the Netherlands. — Charles H. of England soldDunkirk to the French, and Louis laid claim to parts ofthe Netherlands as an inheritance of his queen. To checkthe conquests which he made in pursuance of this claim,Holland formed a Triple Alliance with England and proceeded to attack Holland, and the alliance was ter-minated by the action of England, — for Charles II. nowjoined Louis and offered help in the Netherlands in returnfor subsidies to assist him in establishi
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